Eunice R. Arehart

Eunice Ritchie Arehart, 80, of Timberville, died Friday, June 13, 2003, in the emergency room at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg.

Mrs. Arehart was born Nov. 27, 1922, in Rockingham County, and was the daughter of the late Edward and Josephine Whitmer Rtichie.

She was a member of Sunset Drive United Methodist Church. She was employed at the Timberville Drug Store, National Fruit in Timberville and was a nurse’s aide at Camelot Nursing Home in Harrisonburg. She served in the Navy during World War II at the Portsmouth Navy Hospital and was a member of the Chimney Rock Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9660.

On Nov. 19, 1942, she married William "Bill" F. Arehart, who preceded her in death Jan. 28, 2003.

Surviving are two sons, Ronald Allen Arehart of Harrisonburg, and William Edward Arehart of Elkton; a daughter, Judy Fay Funkhouser of Broadway; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

The Rev. Jeff Butcher will conduct the funeral 3 p.m. Monday at the Grandle Funeral Home in Broadway. Burial will be at the Rader Lutheran Church Cemetery near Timberville.

The casket will be closed but friends may call at the funeral home at any time.

Memorial donations may be made to the Broadway Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 666, Broadway, Va., 22815.